Finance Operations Accountant - Bechtel 

Finance Operations Accountant - Bechtel 

Relocation Authorized: National - Single 
Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
Work Location: Cairo 
Role Overview:

- This position is responsible to enable and assist the efficient financial operations in country.

Receive original invoices from vendors and E-invoicing portal, scans, transmits for processing by Shared Service centers
Prepares and coordinates local payment instructions and circulates for review and approval
Maintain Accounts Payable Invoice log to control and track invoices
Review WHT and social Insurance applicable for vendor invoices
Obtain vendor social insurance documents and issue Arabic letters for social insurance office
Prepare and process electronic transfers and payment for Intercompany, Tax and Governmental payments .
Coordinate Physical filing of Invoices and payment batches
Prepare manual Arabic ledger Books for the Egypt entities
Prepare Petty cash voucher and replenish request
Involve in accounts reconciliations and obtains vendor banking confirmations.
Address and respond to auditors’ inquiries. Prepares some routine summary reports and or financial statements
Updates and reports on government website portals.
Coordinates with Project accounting teams on transaction queries and process issues.
Actively assists in resolving outstanding issues and escalates unresolved issues to Supervisor.
 

- Maintain all aspects of assigned financial account segments, including gathering data for preparation of detailed schedules and reports as required.

- Ensure that all assigned account reconciliations are completed monthly and any required corrections are completed in the current month.

- Examine a variety of recording and reporting documents to verify accuracy and conformance with specific functional, corporate, contract, government, or professional accounting requirements.

- In the performance of the above activities, shall ensure strict adherence to company policies and procedures. Comply with due dates associated with all assigned tasks and give early warnings of problems with meeting these due dates.

- Shall also ensure that candidate leads by example, promotes teamwork at every occasion, respects colleagues’ opinions, openly contributes at meetings, does not accept status quo, and upholds fair and ethical behavior with customers in compliance with Bechtel’s business ethics code.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting, or related course study
2-3 years of experience in a comparable accounting position
Must have legal right to live and work in Egypt without sponsorship
Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of statutory accounting processes in Egypt
Able to interface at various levels of an organization
Intermediate skills in the areas of oral and written communications, project financial process controls, MS Office suite of applications (e.g. Word, Excel), accounts payable, general ledger (Oracle Financials R12) and billing